Image to followAI-generated illustration

Bombus ruderatus

Family: ApidaeGenus: Bombusnative in Germany

native in Germany

native_regions-Cache · 85 %

🌿

Plants

visited

🔗

Interactions

documented

About this species

A bumblebee in the family Apidae.

Ecological network

Click to highlight connections · Click again to open the species page

Loading network...

Visited plants

Yearly cycle

Adults are active from February to August.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

polylektisch

Generationen/Jahr

univoltin

Scientific profile

Bombus ruderatus is a bumblebee that has been recorded in Great Britain. It is univoltine, producing a single generation each year. The species is polylectic, collecting pollen from a wide variety of flowering plants. Adult activity extends from February to August.

Visited plants

67 plants are visited by this species

Galeopsis tetrahit dactylorhiza maculataTrifolium repens subsp. repensLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusBryonia dioica Helianthus annuus Teucrium scorodonia Dipsacus fullonumCarduus nutans subsp. nutansPrunella vulgarisFumaria officinalis subsp. officinalisCirsium arvenseLamium albumCentaurea scabiosaArctium minusMelilotus altissimus Prunus cerasus Rubus fruticosus Cirsium acauleOnonis spinosa subsp. austriacaLathyrus sylvestris Trifolium hybridum Jacobaea vulgaris Stachys sylvatica Clinopodium vulgareCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraBallota nigra subsp. nigraDigitalis purpureaOnobrychis viciifoliaLinaria vulgarisVicia craccaOrchis mascula subsp. speciosaAnthriscus sylvestrisIris pseudacorusCalystegia sepiumLophiolepis eriophoraDipsacus sativusUlex europaeus subsp. europaeusRubus ulmifolius Vicia faba Lavandula angustifoliaLotus uliginosusTrifolium pratenseVicia sativa subsp. nigraPhaseolus vulgaris Daucus carota Viola arvensis Echium vulgare Rosa rubiginosa Rubus idaeus

Sources & data origin

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)

•EBHD — European Biodiversity Hub Database v2025, Zenodo, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17107215 (CC BY 4.0)